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Turkish warplanes on Wednesday bombed a convoy carrying fighters belonging to an al-Qaeda-linked group operating in eastern Syria, Turkish and Western media reported.

According to Turkish website Today’s Zaman, the Turkish armed forces “struck a number of vehicles… after militants opened fire on a military outpost on Turkey-Syria border.”

It added that Turkish tanks and artillery opened fire on a bus and several vehicles carrying fighters belonging to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), an al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group active in Syria.

Three vehicles — a pick-up truck, a lorry and a bus — were destroyed in the attack, which targeted ISIL positions in northern Syria, Reuters reported.

According to the report, the attack came in retaliation for cross-border mortar fire from Syria Tuesday. The mortars landed in Turkish territory as ISIL fighters clashed with Free Syrian Army rebels in northern Syria.